Cooking

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The Menstuff® library lists pertinent books concerning cooking.

• Brooks, Karen, Gideon Bosker, Reed Darmon, Dude Food: Recipes for the modern guy
  It happens to every guy at some point. You're got to rethink your status as Mr. Can Opener. From a Candlelight Caviar Omelet to Bone-Gnawing, Brown-Sugared, Lip-Buzzing BBQ Ribs, this book is your springboard to hip, contemporary, dudeful cooking. Whether you're craving Cognac-splashed steaks or flaming home fries, wicked whiskey-lime chicken or espresso-fueled chocolate chip cookies, this book is the essential guide for every guy looking to get maximum satisfaction out of minimum techniques. Chronicle Books, www.chroniclebooks.com, 2000, ISBN 0-8118-1679-6
• DesMarais, Ron, Cavemen in the Kitchen: A man's dating aid/cookbook
  This is a 188 page dating aid/cookbook to aid men who are low on cash and find themselves in need of impressing dates and significant others in new and unique ways. You can soon pleasantly shock dates with something you create in that room called the ‘kitchen.’ No longer will you be the typical cavemen vying only for the favors of your dates. You will instead be an evolved man with class, flair, and an appreciation for things other than hotdogs, football, baseball, and other Neanderthal delights. Recipes use no more than 6 ingredients, are healthy, easy to make and are an extreme departure from the common ‘caveman’ creations like chili on a bun, fried cheese with mayonnaise dipping sauce, and calls to pizza delivery joints. This book is the Cliff Notes on preparing entire gourmet meals for cavemen. By using the recipes, you will accomplish your dating goals: you will distinguish yourself from other cavemen, you will provide dinner for a date, you will save money, and you will succeed in getting dates to your cave, house or apartment (without ‘see-through’ excuses). www.cavemeninthekitchen.com, Local Brews Publishing, 2002 ISBN 0-9743975-0-5,
• Flay, Bobby and Joan Schwartz, Boy Meets Grill: with more than 125 bold new recipes
  "Grilling is hot and it's a lot more than just food on the fire," says the author, who is definitely the main man on the subject. As the star of two of Food Network's most popular programs, Hot Off the Grill with Bobby Flay and Grillin' and Chillin' with his friend Jack McDavid, the author has helped turn the art of backyard barbecuing into more than a favorite summer pastime; he's elevated it to the level of a national obsession. This is the book the author was born to write and the one his legions of fans have been waiting for. In these pages, he gets busy in his own backyard cooking up a fresh batch of 125 bold new no-nonsense and easy-to-follow recipes for grilling mouthwatering meat, fish, and poultry dishes, along with fantastic one-of-a-kind beverages and surefire desserts. Guaranteed to please a crowd, it is the perfect comprehensive cookbook for any grill lover, from the novice to the experienced chef. Don't worry about complicated equipment, either. These 125 quick recipes are perfect for both gas and charcoal grills, and his simple foods and fiery southwestern sauces will make your menu more exciting, versatile, and delicious. Informative and fun to read, this is a must-have for anyone who wants to fire up a grill this summer - or any season! Hyperion, 1999, ISBN 0-7868-6490-7
• Hacochis, Bob, Domesticity: A gastronomic interpretation of love.
  For seventeen years the author has been living in unwedded bliss with the woman he calls "Miss F." He has also been cooking for her and - as everyone who reads his column in GQ will attest - writing about those meals, and the domestic climate that produced them, with irresistible style and unrepressed passion. This lyrical, irreverent, and often mouth-watering "prose stew" takes in the author's thoughts on monogamy and hot sauce, sex and seafood, the ordeal of the holidays and the enduring consolations of soup. It also contains seventy-five recipes - half of them the author's own - that make this book as useful as it is inspiring, an opinionated, eloquent culinary valentine that rivals the best of Laurie Colwin and M.F.K. Fisher. Penguin, 1994 ISBN 0-14-024452-2
• Holyfield, Dana & Viola Estain, Cajun Sexy Cookin'.
  These Sexy Cajun Girls trekked deep into the Louisiana Swamps and lakes to find their prey. They had to wrestle with alligators, lunge for big frogs, challenge razor back boars, and a few other wild things. These girls will appetize your tastebuds with Crawfish Pie, make your mouth water for Boiled Crabs, soothe your hunger pains with a main course of Wild Pork Sauce Piquante', indulge you with a bowl of Turtle Soup, pamper your craving for Gator on a Stick, and much more! Honey Island Swamp Books, www.angelfire.com/la2/cajunsexycooking 2000, ISBN 0-9704743-0-X
• Lapanja, Margie, Food Men Love: All-time favorite recipes.
  What foods do you truly love? Mom's meatloaf with creamy garlic mashed potatoes, or a juicy grilled rib-eye steak? Mouth-watering clam linguini or hearty meat lasagna? And for dessert - a hot, homemade apple pie, delicious blueberry cobbler, or a tasty slice of New York cheesecake?  In this book, the author interviewed hundreds of men to cook up this sensational culinary collection that's filled with classic recipes, fascinating food lore, and great stories from great guys. Among the signature recipes of esteemed chefs, superstars, sports heroes, grill gods, and every man in between, you'll discover star chef Mario Batali's most intimate feast, a Peekytoe crab sandwich from Michael Jordan's 23, former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir's hot-and-spicy grillng sauce, and quarterback John Elway's super bowl of soup. Conari Press, 2001, ISBN 1-57324-512-7
• Mauer, Don, A Guy's Guide to Great Eating:  Big-flavored, fat-reduced recipes for men who love to eat.
  The author is your average guy. He roots for the Tarheels, has an occasional cigar, and loves food, a lot. When trying to get his weight under control, he found that most low-fat cookbooks didn't satisfy his meat-and-potato tastebuds and that the skimpy servings made him want to run to the nearest steakhouse. But, unlike your ordinary Joe, Don, an avid cook and best-selling author, decided to do something about this dilemma. He overhauled his favorite recipes, blasting away the fat and goosing up the flavor. This is the result, jam-packed with more than 175 easy-to-make recipes. And the guy-sized portions in this mouthwatering collection get 25 percent or less of their calories from fat. Each recipe comes with a full nutritional analysis, including the amount of saturated fat. Take it from a food lover like Don, you can enjoy crab cakes loaded with crab, succulent sizzling shrimp, spicy oven-fried onion rings, a chicken pot pie better than Mom used to make and a dark chocolate cake with fudgy chocolate frosting, all the while reducing your fat intake. Perhaps low-fat isn't such a bad thing after all. leanwizard@aol.com Houghton Mifflin 1999 ISBN 0-395-91536-8
• Moyo, K. Kofi, Real Men Cook: More than 100 easy recipes celebrating tradition and family. Every Father's Day, men - from the guy next door to politicians, entrepreneurs, athletes, and artists - gather together in cities across the country to participate in Real Men Cook for Charity events. It has becomed the largest Father's Day charity event in the U.S., raising over a million dollars for charities such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the YMCA, and Real Men Charities, Inc., for various family and health initiatives. Now, some of the remarkable Real Men Cook volunteers have come forward to express their love of cooking, family and community by sharing more than one hundred delectable recipes (some handed down over the generations) and the memories that inspire them to live as Real Men. A unique book with a priceless legacy that will nourish your family in body and spirit. www.realmencook.com Simon & Schuster, www.simonsays.com, 2005, ISBN 0-7432-7264-1
• Oliver, Garrett, The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the pleasures of real beer with real food. In this book, the author reveals why traditional beer is the new star with today's cuisine and how to make the perfect match. Real beer is now available almost everywhere, yet most people are familliar only with bland mass-market beer. Have you tasted the real thing? Real beer has complex flavors - it's an affordable luxury that can transform everyday meals from dull to extraordinary. He shows you how to make it happen, whether you're at home, in a restaurant or on vacation in Europe. He explains how beer is made, shows you its fascinating history, and then leads you through the amazing range of flavors displayed by the dozens of distinct styles of beer from around the world. Mosrt important, he shows how beer, which is far more versatile than wine, intensifies flavors when it's appropriately paired with foods to create brilliant matches most people have never imagined. Whether you're a beer aficionado, a passionate cook, or just someone who loves a great meal, this book will indeed be a revelation. HarperCollins, www.harpercollins.com, 2003, ISBN 0-06-000570-X
• Ornish, Dean, Everyday Cooking with Dr. Dean Ornish. Renowned cardiac researcher and bestselling author has inspired milloins of people to choose a healthier lifestyle and a low-fat diet. But low-fat cooking can be time-consuming and hard to fit into a busy schedule, so he has found wonderful ways to make it fast, delicious, and fun. This book includes 150 easy and extraordinary recipes that are extremely low in fat and cholesterol - and high in flavor. You'll find slimmed-down versions of comfort foods that are delicious and nutritious, from French toast and hash browns to enchiladas and lasagna, from creamy corn soup and spicy Arkansas chili to Southwest pizza and carrot cake with cream-cheese frosting. The recipes are quick to prepare, the ingredients are familiar and inexpensive, and there are hundreds of smart time-saving tips on cooking, shopping, and serving. Now you no longer have to choose between good food and good health. Quill, www.harpercollins.com, 2002, ISBN 0-06-092811-5
• Schultz, Warren, A Man's Garden. A gift book for and about the passionate but largely ignored and unsung men of horticulture. There is something about a man's garden. You can tell the moment you see it: a man has been at work here. Yes, men garden differently from women. In a typical man's garden you'll find more straight lines, more right angles, more bright primary colors. Think of rows of gladiolas in the vegetable garden. A man's garden includes more mass plantings, more tall and dramatic plants, more old-fasioned (perhaps currently unpopular) species. There are more plants that require tools for maintenance: hedges that need clipping, fruit trees that need pruning, lawns that need mowing, leaves that need blowing. Yet the American man's garden has a particular beauty and symmetry. There is history surrounding it, reflecting our past as a nation of farmers. The man's garden is all about success and excess. The author is the perfect guide to these men and their gardens. Not since Walt Whitman has grass been the beneficiary of such wit and wisdom. Houghton Mifflin, www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com 2001, ISBN 0-6180-0392-4
• Sterling, Richard, The Fire Never Dies: One man's raucous romp down the road of food, passion & adventure. This poignant and hilarious worldwide tour of culinary and romantic adventures exhibits the author at his tough and tender best. The man critics have called "The Indiana Jones of Gastronomy" takes the reader deep into exotic cultures and the connections between people. Whether drinking to brotherhood in Kenya, breaking bread with a murderer in Baja, meeting a former battlefield enemy in Vietnam, enjoying a shipboard dalliance on the South China Sea, or armwrestling the locals in Burma, his eclectic and eccentric encounters are always touching. His faith in himself, and in the spirit at the core of all of us, is the fire that never dies. His writing, provocative and testosterone-edged, takes us headfirst into the human condition. Travelers' Tales, www.travelerstales.com 2001, ISBN 1-885221-70-8
• Walker, B. L., Quickies from Romeos* & Other Lovers: In celebration of men. Attention men! Feeling inadequate in your kitchen? Help is at hand in this collection of 120 put-to-the-test recipes from 101 eclectic gentlemen from across the country, who have different vocations and varieties of play. Among them is a rocket scientist, blacksmith, mayor, pro golfer, director of the Letterman Show, FBI agent, Producer of KISS, judge, priest, farmer, mortician and more. They have graciously offered their food favorites so you can cover any situation that arises from breakfast to bedtime and beyond. Trust them. They too have experienced feeling awkward. Remember, each of us has been a novice at one time or another. Share these gems with the women in your life. Let them also enjoy the delicious dishes and amassed wisdom passed along for your enlightenment. They'll thank you. We salute your good taste and hearty appetities! Bliss Books, blissbooks@mohawk.net, 2000, ISBN 0-9648959-1-9

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